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Hey, King: Get Off Our Backs!
Phrases to Know 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Unalienable rights Pursuit of happiness Natural rights Consent of the governed Just powers Self-evident A. Rights people are born with B. Can be seen just by looking at it C. Permission of those under the government’s rule D. Rights that cannot be taken away E. Trying to find joy and contentment F. Powers that are fair
PREAMBLE • Sometimes it becomes necessary for one group of people of cut ties with another group of people. • When one group of people decides to separate from another, they should explain why.
NATURAL RIGHTS • All men are created equal. • Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are “unalienable rights. ” • Government must get its power from the consent of the governed. • When government threatens peoples’ natural rights, the people have the right to abolish it and make a new government.
RESOLUTION OF INDEPENDENCE • We pledge our lives, fortunes, and honor in support of this Declaration of Independence. • We now cut all political connection with Great Britain. • We declare that the colonies are and should be free and independent states.
GRIEVANCES • The king has refused to agree to laws that would benefit the people. • Our own governments have been abolished. • The king has caused fighting among the colonists. • Our trade with the rest of the world has been cut off. • The king gets to decide whether the judges keep their jobs and how much they get paid. • New laws have taken away our right to a jury trial in many cases. • The king has opened new government offices and sent “swarms of officers to harass our people. ” • The king has tried to keep people from coming to the colonies to live. • The king has housed large numbers of troops in our communities.
We hold these truths to be self-_______, that all men are evident created ______, that they are endowed by their Creator with equal certain unalienable ______, that among these are _____, rights life ________, and the pursuit of __________. liberty happiness That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just ________ from the _______ of the powers consent governed, Extra Credit: Memorize the beginningbecomes of the destructive of these That whenever any form of Government of Independence ends, it is the Right of. Delectation the _______ to alter or ____ people abolish it…. and recite to me by next class to receive 20 points extra credit.
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